[DRE-maint] Bug#1008932: gitlab-sidekiq cannot find graphiql-rails

[Pirate Praveen]

2022, ഏപ്രിൽ 4 10:07:06 PM IST, Maximilian Stein <m at steiny.biz>ൽ എഴുതി
>Package: gitlab
>Version: 14.7.7+ds1-2~fto11+2
>Severity: normal
>
>Dear Maintainer,
>
>Recently, I tried to upgrade Gitlab to 14.7.7+ds1-2~fto11+2.
>Unfortunately, gitlab-sidekiq does not start afterwards but fails as
>it cannot find graphiql-rails:
>
>    gitlab-sidekiq[8334]: Could not find gem 'graphiql-rails (~> 1.8)' in any of the gem sources listed in your Gemfile
>
>However, in /var/lib/gitlab/.gem/gems (I fixed the owner as described
>in the wiki), the gem is present (in directory graphiql-rails-1.8.0).
>Unfortunately, I cannot uninstall the apt package ruby-graphiql-rails
>(version 1.4.10-1) as gitlab still depends on it.
>
>So, I assumed that Gitlab finds the graphiql-rails package installed
>by apt. After I had updated the Gemfile to require version 1.4 of
>graphiql-rails, I can indeed successfully start gitlab-sidekiq.
>
>With this, Gitlab starts again, however some features do not work.
>Most notably, I cannot merge a morge request anymore.
>
>Thanks for your support!

As a workaround you can install graphiql-rails as root using gem command. Since /var/lib/gitlab/.gem is not in GEM_PATH the installed gem is not found by gitlab-sidekiq. We will have to set GEM_PATH globally. I will check.
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